Multipitch climbing in Chamonix valley
The Chamonix valley offers many crags for good rock climbing on limestone or on gneiss. La Maladière, les Vuardes, la Croix de Fer, Barberine, Chéserys, etc.
Grand Capucin 3838 mts
This steep granite spire is the dream of every rock climber. Perfect rock, steep, cracks.. people camp with tents at the bottom during the good weather in summer as the routes are pretty long and doing them lift to lift is quite a challenge.
Aiguille du Blaitière
From Chamonix, taking the Midi lift to the mid station "Plan de l'aiguille" we have access to a lot of good granite routes. The Blaitière has several routes on the Pilier Rouge as "l'eau rance d'Arabie" 6b or "Nabot Léon" 6a, further on the West face "Fidel fiasco" 6c it's a classic and the West Ridge combination climbs for 900 meters all the way to the summit.
Petit Clocher du Portalet
This steep granite spire in the Swiss side of the Mont Blanc range has some excellent routes of high quality granite. The "south east ridge" 6b+ and "État de choc" 7a are some of the classics.
Contamine, Pointe Lachenal
One of the classic high quality granite routes is the Contamine at the Pointe Lachenal. 8 pitches up to 6b with a glacier approach on the menu.
Brévent - Flégère
Only a lift away from Chamonix the playground here is big and varied, routes from 4a to 7.. and from 2 to 12 pitches. And the view into the Mont Blanc range is the best of the valley.